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Security Gaming

More stolen data from CD Projekt Red comes to light

Plus, a clunky Cyberpunk 2077 pre-alpha to boot

By Matthew Lee, June 12, 2021, 12:58 PM

Tech Culture Industry

Big Tech targeted in proposed antitrust bills, aiming to break up the likes of Amazon and Google

If the bills are passed, the tech industry as we know it could undergo huge change

By Joe White, June 12, 2021, 11:39 AM 16 comments

Security Hardware

GPD Win 3 maker leaks customer emails in another major blunder

More woes for the beleaguered "Switch Killer"

By Matthew Lee, June 12, 2021, 10:30 AM

Security The Web

Data breach exposes McDonald's employee and customer information

The data was accessed in South Korea and Taiwan

By Joao Silva, June 11, 2021, 3:13 PM

Electronics The Web

LG caught red-handed trying to buy favorable coverage from Hardware Unboxed

When you have great products in the first place, why even go there?

By Julio Franco, June 11, 2021, 2:35 PM 35 comments

Tech Culture

Netflix's Geeked Week festival: Our top picks

Netflix's first-ever Geeked Week was a success

By Shawn Knight, June 11, 2021, 1:56 PM

Car Tech

Tesla shows off the Model S Plaid, the quickest production car ever made

From 0-60 mph in under two seconds

By Shawn Knight, June 11, 2021, 12:11 PM 43 comments

Tech Culture The Web

Backblaze will now let Chia miners store and farm plots in the cloud

$5/mo gives access to 1TB of space on Backblaze's B2 cloud platform

By Humza Aamir, June 11, 2021, 11:20 AM 12 comments

Google The Web

Google abandons experiment to show simplified URLs in Chrome due to security concerns

Keeping Chrome safe

By Shawn Knight, June 11, 2021, 10:54 AM

Gaming Security

The cost of the EA data breach: $10 and a bit of social engineering

A lesson in the perils of social engineering

By Shawn Knight, June 11, 2021, 9:24 AM 11 comments

Gaming

Borderlands spin-off Tiny Tina's Wonderlands gets its first trailer

Borderlands meets D&D meets Andy Samberg

By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2021, 8:41 AM

Microsoft Tech Culture

Microsoft puts out an 11-minute video of 'Slo-fi' Windows Startup sounds

Eleven is everywhere all of a sudden

By Humza Aamir, June 11, 2021, 7:55 AM 13 comments

Security

Malware-packed pirated games infected millions of PCs, stealing data and hijacking webcams to photograph users

A high price for a pirated game

By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2021, 7:07 AM 24 comments

King's Field Retrospective: Exploring the Roots of Elden Ring and Dark Souls

FEATURE By Arjun Krishna Lal, June 11, 2021, 6:15 AM TechSpot Gaming

A decade ago Demon's Souls launched on the PS3, an action RPG import from a little-known Japanese developer named FromSoftware. It'd only be accurate to say that game and its successors transformed the action-RPG genre.

Apple Hardware

Apple's M1-powered iPad Pro handles burns, scratches, and bending quite well

More durable than the previous generation

By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2021, 5:18 AM 9 comments

Hardware Tech Culture

Colorful and Nvidia are opening the world's first GPU museum

Best. Museum. Ever.

By Rob Thubron, June 11, 2021, 4:05 AM 9 comments

Electronics Mobile

Samsung made a new 50-megapixel image sensor with the smallest pixels yet

The company says it's small enough to reduce camera bumps by 10 percent

By Adrian Potoroaca, June 10, 2021, 8:44 PM

Tech Culture

Netflix launches online store to sell apparel and products tied to its shows and brand

Netflix is looking to further monetize its intellectual property

By Shawn Knight, June 10, 2021, 3:19 PM

Gaming

OtterBox's new battery pack keeps your Xbox controller synced while you hot-swap dead cells

One on the dock, one in the controller, and an auxiliary power cell in the middle

By Cal Jeffrey, June 10, 2021, 2:43 PM

Gaming Microsoft

Microsoft is expanding Xbox Game Pass to TVs via app and game streaming hardware

Microsoft is also bringing a slew of features and optimizations to xCloud

By Joao Silva, June 10, 2021, 2:08 PM

Drivers Hardware

PSA: Intel releases new Wi-Fi drivers for Windows 10

Intel's latest Wi-Fi driver for Windows 10 fixes random loss of connectivity using Intel Dual Band Wireless AC-8260 and AC-8265 adapters, in addition to security and functionality updates.

By Erik Orejuela, June 10, 2021, 1:46 PM

Tech Deals Gaming

Control is free on the Epic Games Store until June 17

Control is an award-winning third-person shooter and one of our Best PC Games of 2019. It's currently free on the Epic Games Store until June 17, so go grab it!

By TechSpot Deals, June 10, 2021, 1:14 PM